Loxsomataceae

Loxsomataceae
Loxsoma cunninghamii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Loxsomataceae
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The Loxsomataceae are a family of ferns in the order Cyatheales with two extant genera in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1] Alternatively, the family may be treated as the subfamily Loxsomatoideae of a very broadly defined family Cyatheaceae,[2] the system used in Plants of the World Online as of November 2019.[3]

It has leaves that can be as long as 5 metres (16 ft) long. Extant species in this family are found in New Zealand, Costa Rica, and South America. Fossil species in this family, dating from as early as the Jurassic, have been found in North America, India and Japan.[4]

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  4. ^ Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor & Michael Krings (2009). "Loxsomataceae". Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants (2nd ed.). Academic Press. p. 469. ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8.